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...Kate Winslet snagged both the dramatic actress prize for Revolutionary Road and the supporting actress trophy for The Reader. Ireland's Colin Farrell (In Bruges) and England's Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) received the top prizes for acting in a comedy. And the late Heath Ledger, in The Dark Knight, was declared best supporting actor, increasing his chances to become only the second actor to win a posthumous Oscar. The first was Peter Finch, who won the Best Actor Oscar for 1976's Network. (See pictures of TIME's favorite animated movies...
...entire landscape is transformed. We can make out the locations of several of the many public, residential and landmark buildings that have been turned into piles of rubble. Israeli tanks now block the roads where we used to drive along the coast. Dark, ominous warships look out of place so close to our beautiful Gaza shore, which had been one of the only escapes and a source of relaxation for the besieged people of the Gaza Strip. Earthen barriers have risen in the Zatoun area, cutting off the densely populated, heavily bombarded neighborhood from the rest of the city...
Westlake inspired younger writers ranging from Stephen King (who named the homicidal alter ego in The Dark Half George Stark in Richard Stark's honor) to yours truly, appearing as a character in my recent novel Fifty...
...before him, Westlake played both the light and dark sides of the street--alternating witty, ingenious capers with tales of breathtaking cold-bloodedness--and taught two generations of writers how to stylishly pull off one perfect crime after another. Like Parker, Westlake was the consummate...
...picturesque valley hard on the U.S. border in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, in the shade of the Skimmerhorn Mountains. It lies roughly between Calgary and Spokane (the closest big town is Creston - pop. about 4,800). Founded by World War I veterans, Lister was always conspicuous for the dark secrets of many of its inhabitants. In the beginning, of course, these secrets were the simple memories of the horrors of war. But recent generations have struggled with more complex secrets centered on a farming settlement in a corner of Lister known as Bountiful - and paralleling the events that unfolded...